Databases
Well it's time for my annual predictions post, a series now in its eighth year. Before diving in, let me remind readers that I do these predictions in the spirit of fun, they are not business or investment advice, and that all of my usual disclaimers and terms
Databases
As I’ve been doing every year since 2014, I thought I’d take some time to write some predictions for 2020, but not without first doing a review of my predictions for 2019. Lest you take any of these too seriously, I suggest you look at my batting average
Boards
We’re announcing today that I’m joining the board of directors of Profisee, a leader in master data management (MDM). I’m doing so for several reasons, mostly reflecting my belief that successful technology companies are about three things: the people, the space, and the product. I like the
Databases
It took me a week or so to get to it, but in this post I’ll take a dive into the Hortonworks S-1 filing in support of a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of their stock. While Hadoop and big data are unarguably huge trends driving the industry and
Databases
Two weeks ago MongoDB, formerly known as 10gen, announced a massive $150M funding round said to be the largest in the history of databases lead by Fidelity, Altimeter, and Salesforce.com with participation from existing investors Intel, NEA, Red Hat, and Sequoia. This brings the total capital raised by MongoDB
Databases
We generally refer to MarkLogic Server as an XML server, which is a special-purpose database management system (DBMS) for unstructured information. This often sparks debate about the term "unstructured" and the information continuum in general. Surprisingly, while both analysts and vendors frequently discuss the concept, the Wikipedia entry
Databases
Dear CIO, What’s wrong this picture? * At 50%+, Oracle’s operating margins have never been higher * The differentiation of Oracle’s database technology, however, has never been lower and the number of both core and specialized alternatives has never been greater. So what’s going on? You, kind Sir
Databases
Early in my career, I interviewed at Gartner for a job as an analyst. During the meetings, I met with Mike Braude, then head of research. Mike had made himself famous by declaring the death of IBM’s SAA about two days after it was launched. I remember when we